A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Haruki Murakami

Banana Yoshimoto

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fuku Eri
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

A ghost

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

1982

1999

1945

2001
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?

Canada

United States

China

Japan
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?

Toronto

Tokyo

Beijing

New York
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?

Past tense

Present tense

Future tense

Pluperfect
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?

Animated film

Play

Novel

Short story
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Science fiction

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature

Literary fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Tuna

Pufferfish

Salmon

Eel
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

His father died from eating it

It's his favorite food

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His mother died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?

Its gills

Its sexual glands

Its eyes

Its stomach
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They die at the table

They become bed-bound for a year
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?

London

California

Toronto

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Canada

France

Japan

Germany
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish

Drinking glass

Woven floor mat
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping

Mao Zedong
17 Why did Father retire from working?

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?

Kikuko's boyfriend

Mother's brother

Father's business partner

The narrator's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a maid

She is a chef

She is a university student

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Toronto

Osaka

Tokyo

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Covered patio

Zen rock garden

Synonym for lawn

Japanese pond
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?

Spitting

Drinking

Chewing gum

Smoking
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?

Kobe

Kazumi

Suichi

Watanabe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Finding her mother's killer

Moving home with her father

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

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